Insights and Stories on Exports

More acres expected for soybeans, canola, Rabobank says

Oct. 26, 2023 at 4:19 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Farmers in the U.S. will seed more soybeans in 2024-25, with Canadian canola plantings also expected to rise to a lesser extent, according to a grains and oilseeds analyst with RaboResearch Food and AgriBusiness, a division of the Dutch multinational bank Rabobank at the firm’s Fall Harvest Outlook […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Seasonal harvest pressure weighs on soy, corn

Oct. 25, 2023 at 8:15 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rebound after recent losses

Oct. 25, 2023 at 7:31 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat futures sag as beneficial rains hit South America

Oct. 25, 2023 at 7:26 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Pulse weekly outlook: Activity to ramp up for chickpeas

Oct. 24, 2023 at 5:39 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures set June lows at CME

Oct. 24, 2023 at 5:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures hit their lowest levels since June on Tuesday, as the market continued to digest larger-than-expected U.S. supply numbers. The market stabilized, however, after the February contract on Monday tumbled by the exchange-imposed daily trading limit. Trading limits for live cattle […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn dips on harvests, technical selling

Oct. 24, 2023 at 4:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures fell for a third straight session on Tuesday and neared a two-week low under pressure from U.S. harvesting and technical selling, analysts said. Wheat futures also eased, while soybeans and soymeal jumped. A quick harvest pace for U.S. corn and […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sink to June lows

Oct. 23, 2023 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures plunged to four-month lows on Monday under pressure from bigger-than-expected placements into U.S. feedlots last month. Lean hog futures set contract lows. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly report issued after trading ended on Friday, said placements of cattle […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures weaken as harvests progress

Oct. 23, 2023 at 6:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures finished lower on Monday as advancing U.S. harvests uncovered strong yields and increased farmers’ sales of their crops, analysts said. Pressure from harvests also hung over corn futures. U.S. farmers have finished harvesting 76 per cent of the country’s soybeans […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures hit contract lows

Oct. 20, 2023 at 7:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell to life-of-contract lows on Friday and cattle futures also retreated, pressured by technical selling and worries that a slowing global economy could hurt demand for meat, traders said. Hog futures fell the most, with the benchmark December […]

By Julie Ingwersen